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TIL Green Bell Peppers Are Just Unripe Versions Of Red Peppers

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YpnkB TIL in 2011 Staples licensed the name "Dunder Mifflin" from NBC to sell their own paper products under that brand.
m1R4o TIL that Eleanor Roosevelt’s maiden name was Roosevelt. She was Teddy Roosevelt’s niece and FDR’s fifth cousin once removed.
6EDpX TIL nearly half of all people who have heart attacks don't realize it at the time.
a8BDN TIL Lāhainā, a city on the island of Maui, is translated by some to mean "day (of) sacrifice" or "day (of) explanation". Inez MacPhee Ashdown (1899–1992), historian, believed the name was Lahaʻaina, meaning "land (of) prophesy", due to the number of kahuna nui (high priest) prophecies made there.
a8YrA TIL British television broadcaster Sky UK trademarks the word 'Sky', anyone who uses them on other media are being sued. Such examples are Sky suing Microsoft for the name, forcing them to change Skydrive to Onedrive, and Hello Games being forced to settle to keep the name No Man's Sky